The Chiropractors’ Association of Australia has demanded the Sunday Age and the Sun-Herald retract and correct an erroneous claim made in Sunday’s Newspapers. The newspapers carried a story on 29 September about an investigation by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and claimed ‘a Melbourne infant’s neck was broken during a Chiropractic adjustment.’ In fact no such finding was made. In fact no finding of inappropriate treatment by a Chiropractor was made. In fact no finding was made that any treatment performed by the Chiropractor caused a fracture as alleged. The CAA is outraged that rather than clearing the Chiropractor’s name as appropriate, the newspaper reports have smeared the Chiropractor and the profession with such an allegation. National President of the CAA, Dr Laurie Tassell said, “It remains the case that not a single serious adverse event has been recorded in the medical literature (world-wide) involving a qualified Chiropractor treating a child since 1992.”
Posted on: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 06:44:49 +0000